some (mostly) bast fiber

 this weekend i shall be

teaching at the morgan

first a 2 day paper class (making flax and abaca paper

and making contact/eco prints)

and then next week a 4 day class with aimee

 so i have fiber on my mind,

specifically bast fiber.

above it's some slippery elm.

the leaf and

inner bark

cordage

 one hollyhock showed up

a color i love

and it, too, has lovely bast fiber.

 i stripped a small branch

(elm, not hollyhock)

a twig really

and manipulated that fiber

making cordage the way

a skein of women

showed me...

liana in the ancient 80's,

from nalda to india to us at long ridge

i left it stark to show to

our students.

we'll talk about bark.

and textile-book connections.

 this one

is among my favorites.

crossovers between

fiber textile book

i started making some notes

on some already used lokta

what was i thinking?

so, here we go, again,

the intersection

between paper and textile and plant and mark...

i just tend to make a mess.

this is the table i am supposed to eat my meals upon.

supposed to.

so i will get myself back

to some planning. happy tuesday.